REFERENCE TITLE: condominiums; exterior changes; approval

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

Second Regular Session

2016

 

 

HB 2513

 

Introduced by

Representatives Rivero: Gray, Senator Lesko

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 33-1221, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to condominiums.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 33-1221, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE33-1221.  Alterations of units

a.  Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a unit owner:

1.  May make any interior improvements or alterations to his the unit owner's unit that do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium.

2.  Shall not change the appearance of the common elements, or the exterior appearance of a unit or any other portion of the condominium, without written permission of the association.

3.  After acquiring an adjoining unit or, if the declaration expressly permits, an adjoining part of an adjoining unit, may remove or alter any intervening partition or create apertures in intervening partitions, even if the partition in whole or in part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium.  Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under this paragraph is not an alteration of boundaries.

B.  Notwithstanding any provision in the declaration and other condominium documents, a unit owner may not change the appearance of the exterior of a unit without the approval of a majority vote of the members of the association. END_STATUTE